The Stress Test
1. While you’re baby-sitting one night, the little girl wakes up crying and won’t stop. You:
a) call 911 and tell the operator you need an ambulance ASAP.
b) let her cry. You’re sure she’ll get over it eventually.
c) sit with her until she falls back to sleep.
2. To prepare for a big exam at school tomorrow, you:
a) spend a few hours reviewing, then hit the sack and get a good night’s rest.
b) lock yourself in your room with your books, your notes and two pots of coffee –– you’ll
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c) know you should study, but watch MTV instead.
You finally get asked to the school dance by the guy/girl you’ve had a crush on for months.
When planning what you’re going to wear for the big night, you:
a) head straight to the mall. You have to buy a new set of threads.
b) decide on your favorite pair of jeans and borrow your best buddy’s sweater.
c) figure you’ll wear whatever’s clean. After all, you must have already impressed her/him ––
she/he did ask you out.
You’ve been thinking about getting a new “do,” so you:
a) stop by the barber after school one day.
b) look through some magazines to find a cut to show your stylist.
c) go to five different salons and get computer-image consultations before coming to a decision.
You’re throwing a birthday bash for your best friend. A month before the event, you:
a) start having nightmares that nobody’s going to show.
b) send out invites and think about what food to serve.
c) do nothing. It’s amazing that you even remembered the date!
The night before the big test, you:
a) don’t give it a second thought. You’ve been reviewing since you started the unit, so there’s no
way you’ll fail.
b) get in some last minute studying, and make sure you’ve got the basic facts memorized.
c) stay up until 3 a.m. cramming.
You go with your friend in his/her sister’s new car to the mall. When you’re finished
shopping, you notice a small dent in the rear fender. You:
a) shrug it off and don’t mention it to your friend. It was bound to happen sooner or later.
b) drop your bags and wail hysterically in the parking lot because your friend’s sister is going to
kill him/her.
c) are mad that no one left a note, but you advise your friend to tell his/her sister, “I’ll pay for the
repairs.”
When it’s your turn to give an oral report in English class, you:
a) wing it. You’d take this over writing a paper any day.
b) begin hyperventilating so badly, the cute guy/girl in the front row has to escort you to the
nurse’s office.
c) take a deep breath, then make your way to the podium.
Source: YM, November 1995
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